Hi, @zylstra. 👋 Thanks so much for your interest.  The Music Genome Project is a growing collection of music with over 1,000,000 songs. Trained musicians listen to each song and categorize it in terms of hundreds of specific attributes. Specific details on the inner workings of the MGP and Pandora algorithm's are mostly confidential as this is considered intellectual property. That being said, we won't be able to provide a list of traits.  More about MGP: For example: Does the lead singer have a breathy voice? How distorted is the rhythm guitar? What key is it in? What tempo? Time signature? Are the lyrics about love? Loneliness? This comprehensive taxonomy makes it possible to use mathematical heuristic techniques to identify groups of similar songs. Pandora plays songs selected to match the various musicological characteristics of songs selected as inputs by the listener.  Pandora also allows the listener to give feedback on songs that play via "Thumbs up" and "Thumbs down". Thumbs indicate that the listener likes or dislikes one or more elements of that song. The Pandora algorithm responds by playing more songs that share characteristics with the positively rated songs – and fewer songs that sound like the negatively rated songs. Over time, each station will predominantly play songs the listener likes. Thousands of new songs are added to the collection every week. Those that share characteristics of songs positively rated by the listener will play too.  In the meantime, you can view "Features of this Song" for most songs on Pandora.    Hope this information is helpful, and to see you around the community space more often! 🎧   ... View more

Hi, @Jomcstrauch. 👋 Sorry to hear that is happening. Based on your initial post, it sounds like the app is crashing during your listening sessions. Thanks so much for trying out the troubleshooting steps, and for letting me know. Since you're using a Samsung device: This issue may be related to your "Sleeping Apps" setting, which can cause the app to stop / pause when it is backgrounded. Please try out the following steps: You can access this setting in the Device Care menu. Click on Battery, and then, click on More options. Click on Settings > Sleeping Apps From your Sleeping Apps, you should be able to long press Pandora.  Once you're able to view the App Usage for Pandora, you'll want to make sure that the put app to sleep button is toggled to the OFF setting. ++ If the issue persists, could you share more details about your device? Model: Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Carrier: Android version (Settings > About Phone): Build number (Settings > About Phone): Android Security Patch Level, if noted on your device (Settings > About Phone): Pandora version: If you can open Pandora, go to Profile, then select Settings. Scroll to the bottom of the screen for the version number. If you can't open Pandora: from Android Home screen > Android Settings > Applications > Manage Applications > Find Pandora Have you identified any other patterns or notable information? ... View more

Hi there, @froppymha22. 👋 Thanks for posting about this. Sounds like you're having trouble using your Thumbs up during your listening session. Are you receiving any error messages when you attempt to perform this action? In the meantime, I've enabled a trace on your Pandora account to better understand what's happening. Please try running through these steps to see if it helps resolve the issue you're experiencing: iOS Troubleshooting Feel free to let me know how it goes. 🎧 ... View more